First Name:
Margaret Stuart
Source:
Sydney Morning Herald 29 September 1928
Details:
Mrs. Moon, widow of the late Dr. John Moon surgeon to celebrate her 98th birthday. Her maiden name was Margaret Stuart Mein and she was born at Edinburgh on 30 September 1830. She left Edinburgh with her parents and two brothers in January 1834 sailling in the North Briton from Leith by the Orkneys, the Cape and VDL and arrived in Sydney on 23 August 1834. Her father Mr. John Stuart Mein, came to Sydney to inherit property at Portland Head and Cattai Creek left to him by an uncle Mr. James Mein one of the pioneers of the Hawkesbury. On May 31 1836 the family went to live at West Maitland where Mr. Mein acted as manager of the first branch of the Commercial Banking Company there until February 1845 when the family returned to live in Sydney. Two brothers of Mrs Moon since deceased, were Captain James Mein and Mr. Justice Mein of Queensland. Mrs. Moon was educated at Mrs. Lukes school at Morpeth where there were about 80 pupils from all parts of the colony among them two sisters of th late Mr. W.C. Wentworth. Afterwards she went to Mrs. Liddells school in West Maitland. As a child she saw convits working on the roads, chained in couples to little carts containing blue metal and has recollections of seeing men pnished in the public stocks near the Town Hall. She also recollects at this time Mr. Pilcher of Maitland, father of the late Mr. Charles Pilcher, K.C., being bailed up by bushrangers. His wife was successful in frustrating their attack. The bushrangers also planned to break into her fathers bank but an anonymous letter was sent to him informing him of the plot and constables were stationed around the bank and prevented the proposed attack. When she was twelve years of age she went to Paterson and heard Mr. Consett Stephens grandfather Rev. John Jennings Smith preach there. A few years later she held the first Sabbath school service at Wallerawang, and on one occasion there being no minister in the district she herself read the burial service. When she was fourteen years of age she came to Sydney and stayed with Mr. James Sea, the manager of the Union Bank....
First Name:
Margaret Stuart
Source:
Australian Town and Country Journal
Details:
Marriage, on 14th February, by the Rev. Robert Steel, Ph. D., John Moon, Esq., surgeon to Margaret Stuart, eldest daughter of he late John Stuart Mein Esq., of Maitland
